ORGANISATION

Oxfam Kenya is an independent prospective Affiliate of Oxfam International. The birth of Oxfam Kenya is a response to Oxfam International’s decision to evolve and build the confederation as a globally balanced and diversified affiliate network. As an autonomous member of the confederation, Oxfam Kenya's affiliation is expected to promote social change in Kenya, bring Kenya's voice to the wider confederation, and amplify the East African and Pan African voices.

Oxfam is a worldwide development organization that mobilizes people's power against poverty. It is a confederation of 22 organizations (‘affiliates’) working together with partners and local communities in over 79 countries.

ORGANISATION’S PURPOSE

A transformed Kenyan Society that challenges poverty and inequality to claim their rights. Oxfam Kenya will work to foster systemic change and strengthen systems across areas we work in with more localized leadership in the development and humanitarian spaces. This will be realized through a One Oxfam Programme approach by implementing four key programmatic focus areas with specific goals that will contribute to the vision. These are: -

1. Governance and Accountability: Civil society maximizes civil society space and ensures more equitable raising and spending of financial resources at the county and national levels.
2. Natural Resources: Poor and marginalized communities get a fair share of natural resources and their
3. Gender Justice and Women’s Rights: Women gain power over their lives to participate in, and contribute to, public life.
4. Humanitarian Systems Strengthening: The severity of future humanitarian crises in Kenya is reduced.

JOB PURPOSE

Working across the programme, the Programme Quality Lead ensures programme quality and provides support to programme teams by connecting teams and individuals to resources and pools of expertise for learning, exchange and promoting knowledge generation.  Builds staff and partner capacity on MEAL thereby strengthening organisational accountability to citizens, partners, Oxfam and other stakeholders.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead on program quality                                                     

• Working closely with the Head of Program and Influencing , provide guidance and support to program development and learning and quality in Kenya.
• Working with the program managers to ensure quality, coherence and impact of the Kenya program through monitoring and evaluation (plays an advisory and oversight role) of the impact of the various components of the program.
• Critically analyse program strategies and approaches and facilitate appropriate changes to ensure that program outcomes are sustainable.
• Support program teams to make complex technical information accessible and usable by non-specialist within/out the defined program area.
• Maintain link with global program development, quality and monitoring initiatives.
• Support development of program strategy that demonstrates wider impact for the benefit of the program target group.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of Oxfam Kenya strategy and develop and coordinate operational plans to achieve the strategy.
• Work closely with the program leadership to ensure that programs are well integrated – using a one-program approach as the ideal model.
• Develop a comprehensive strategy for the development and management of Knowledge in Kenya ensuring joint ownership with partners.

Program learning & development                                      

• Working very closely with partner staff to ensure a well-developed system that promotes the sharing of learning between Oxfam and partners.
• Ensure practical program work plans are drawn up and monitored effectively.
• Work with program staff, to develop their understanding of the underlying conceptual thinking of developing program plans and activities within the One Program approach.
• Work with staff to embed the understanding that program quality is based on achieving real impact and sustainable change outcomes, not just on adhering to procedures and standards.
• Ensure that pillar leads are kept fully informed of changing internal and external ideas and approaches.
• Support program staff to create and maximise the links between program work and advocacy and campaign strategies and activities.
• Manage capturing, documentation and communication of innovation and best practices within/out Oxfam Kenya  and share this across programs, staff and partners.

Support partner organizations                                                                   

• Support partner monitoring processes by contributing to qualitative and quantitative reporting standards and in close collaboration with relevant program managers.
• Support the embedding of participatory approaches, in partner organisations.
• Identify and manage capacity building needs of partners and set out a plan for this development, linking with Oxfam operations staff or the private sector as needed.

Person specification

Most importantly, every individual at Oxfam International Secretariat needs to be able to:

• Live our values of INCLUSION, ACCOUNTABILITY, EMPOWERMENT, COURAGE, SOLIDARITY and EQUALITY (read more about these here).
• Ensure you commit to our ORGANIZATIONAL ATTRIBUTES (including adhering to the Code of Conduct). 
• Be committed to our feminist principles, and to applying them in your day-to-day behaviour and your work.  Be ready to keep learning, with accountability to those who experience oppression as a result of their identities, such as their gender, race/ethnicity, disability, class, or LGBTQIA identity.
• Be committed to undertaking Oxfam’s safeguarding training and adhering to relevant policies, to ensure all people who come into Oxfam are as safe as possible.

How to apply:

As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and Cover Letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.  Please fill in the job matching template and upload as well.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.  In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

About us

Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.

Oxfam GB is a member of international confederation of 21 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries. 

A thriving diverse Oxfam:

It’s people power that brings about change. To play our part as a global organisation working to overcome poverty and inequality, we need equality, diversity and inclusion across our community of staff, partners and volunteers. Together, we’re committed to becoming a more diverse workforce, better able to tackle the global challenges that face our world today.

To do that:

• We need to dismantle the unequal power structures that exist everywhere, this including Oxfam and the wider development and charity sectors.
• We need an inclusive Oxfam where everyone can bring who they are to our work and feels celebrated for the differences they bring.
• We want and need everyone, and that means we need you.